Bøger af Tom Rachman

De ufuldkomne er en fascinerende, original og rørende historie, der strækker sig over mere end halvtreds år, om en engelsksproget avis, der blev grundlagt i Rom af en amerikansk millionær efter 2. verdenskrig. Rachman portrætterer tidens hengivne journalister, avisens excentriske ejere og en meget loyal læser.Der er gået halvtreds år, siden avisen blev grundlagt af en gådefuld rigmand. I redaktionenens nedslidte lokaler med plettede gulvtæpper og skrammede møbler forekommer de ansatts interne stridigheder og personlige dramaer meget højere på dagsordenen end avisens deadlines. Kathleen, den dominerende og benhårde redaktionschef, lider i sit åbne ægteskab; Arthur, den luddovne journalist som henslæber sit arbejdsliv medat skrive nekrologer, får sin tilværelse, vendt op og ned efter en stor tragedie; Abbey, den kampberedte regnskabschef, erfarer, at nedskæringerne af personalet og hendes eget kærlighedsliv på overraskende vis hænger sammen. Ude i marken er en gammel freelance-rotte i faget villig til at gå endog meget langt for at få sin næste historie. Og i skyggerne af det hele lever den unge, isolerede ejeraf avisen, som viser langt større interesse for sin højt værdsatte bassethund, Schopenhauer, end for familiens avis.Hvert kapitel handler om en ny person på redaktionen gennem tiden, og tilsammen udgør de et forrygende og fuldstændigt sammenhængende hele.Romanen er inspireret af forfatterens egen tid på International Herald Tribune.De ufuldkomne er solgt til udgivelse i 22 lande. Anmeldelse:****** Ikke bare den bedste debutroman i mands minde, men også den bedste bog, jeg har læst i lange, lange tider. (…) Det er svimlende godt skruet sammen.

The Imposters is the first novel in stories that Tom Rachman has written since his international bestseller The Imperfectionists.'An astonishing achievement - brutally funny, humane, dizzying - will win Rachman the readership he deserves' Patrick Gale'Easily the best thing I have read in ages' Rebecca Wait'Clever and full of tricks from start to finish' SpectatorIt's set during a crisis in democracy, a society in lockdown linked digitally but convulsed by a social media frenzy, and is told by a little-known, little-read Dutch novelist named Dora Frenhofer who has decided that her life as an old woman in this post-truth pandemic world has become too much.But like a twenty-first century Scheherazade Dora spins stories to fend off the evil day, conjuring connections from her past to give meaning to the present. She imagines the fate of her missing brother, lost on the hippie trail in India in the sixties; the loneliness of her estranged daughter Beck, whose career writing stand-up shows for Netflix dramatizes the culture wars; Danny, an almost equally unfashionable writer she meets at a festival; the tortured history of the van driver who takes her unwanted books away; the nonchalant courier who nearly ran her over in the rain; her former lover, the sophisticated food critic; her last remaining friend. And finally, Dora's own last chapter.The Imposters is Rachman at his inimitable best, a writer whose formal ingenuity and flamboyant technique is matched by his humanity and generosity.

';An exotic touch of intrigue arises in THE ITALIAN TEACHER . . . deliciously ironic and deeply affectionate.'Ron Charles, The Washington Post A masterful novel about the son of a great painter striving to create his own legacy, by the bestselling author ofThe Imperfectionists.Conceived while his father, Bear, cavorted around Rome in the 1950s, Pinch learns quickly that Bear's genius trumps all. After Bear abandons his family, Pinch strives to make himself worthy of his father's attention--first trying to be a painter himself; then resolving to write his father's biography; eventually settling, disillusioned, into a job as an Italian teacher in London. But when Bear dies, Pinch hatches a scheme to secure his father's legacy--and make his own mark on the world. With his signature humanity and humor, Tom Rachman examines a life lived in the shadow of greatness, cementing his place among his generation's most exciting literary voices.

The Costa Award-shortlisted novel about fathers and sons, art and the meaning of life free of legacy

From the author ofThe Italian Teacher,this acclaimed debut novel set in Rome follows the topsy-turvy lives of the denizens of an English language newspaper.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times *; The Economist *; NPR *; Slate *; The Christian Science Monitor *; Financial Times *; The Plain Dealer *; Minneapolis Star Tribune *; St. Louis Post-Dispatch *; The Kansas City Star *; The Globe and Mail *; Publishers Weekly Look in the back of the book for a conversation between Tom Rachman and Malcolm GladwellFifty years and many changes have ensued since the paper was founded by an enigmatic millionaire, and now, amid the stained carpeting and dingy office furniture, the staff's personal dramas seem far more important than the daily headlines. Kathleen, the imperious editor in chief, is smarting from a betrayal in her open marriage; Arthur, the lazy obituary writer, is transformed by a personal tragedy; Abby, the embattled financial officer, discovers that her job cuts and her love life are intertwined in a most unexpected way. Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family's quirky newspaper.As the era of print news gives way to the Internet age and this imperfect crew stumbles toward an uncertain future, the paper's richhistory is revealed, including the surprising truth about its founder's intentions.Spirited, moving, and highly original, The Imperfectionists will establish Tom Rachman as one of our most perceptive, assured literary talents.

Beautiful new edition of Tom Rachman's highly-acclaimed second novel, in a new package alongside his bestseller The Imperfectionists and new novel The Italian Teacher

Short satirical linked stories on the reaction to Trump, the hypocrisies of liberalism and living in a post-truth America

The charming and enthralling story of an idiosyncratic English-language newspaper in Rome and the lives of its staffers as the paper fights for survival in the internet age.